re: This years team is the perfect example of why I am okay with extending the Playoff

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How is that an improvement if there is still so much inequality between the conferences and their scheduling? Sure, 12 is different but in no way do I see it as "better"

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I'm what sport is there equality between conferences?

It makes it better because teams are rewarded for winning it on the field. If you win your conference it gives you a chance at the title. No more eye test for the P5 conferences. You want to win a title, winning your conference gives you a shot.

So the eye test still applies in some ways, but not to the top 4 byes, only conference champs get a bye.

The 2001 10-3 LSU team that beat Illinois in the Sugar Bowl would have beaten either Miami or Nebraska in the NCG.

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I'm what sport is there equality between conferences?

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All pro leagues have ebbs and flows with strength of schedules but they have a draft built to help the teams on the bottom get better. The gaps between divisions or conferences in those pro leagues with expanded playoffs are much MUCH smaller than what D1 football is. In lower divisions of college football with expanded playoff formats the talent and resource gap is much less than what it is in D1.

Expanding the playoff does nothing to address that but there are things that can be done to address it in the regular season.

You can't chose who plays in a playoff and say it's settled on the field because it simply isn't true. Until the actual issues are addressed, going from 4 to 12 is no different than going from 2 to 4. The current format has not provided one year with 4 legitimate contenders. Did the old format leave one out a couple of times, sure but expanding it to 4 only diluted the product and going from 4 to 12 would only make it worse unless the regular season is addressed first.

-First and foremost, STOP SCHEDULING GAMES YEARS IN ADVANCE. There is no need for this and COVID proved that beyond any doubt
-Eliminate games between FBS and FCS programs
-All conferences play the same amount of conference games (8 or 9, i don't care)
-With the remaining OOC games, teams are required to play two FBS opponents (one at home and one on the road and one of them must be another power 5). This can be done and left up to the conferences and programs OR by a constant rotation.
-Teams not in the power 5 must play four power 5 schools all on the road (just like every power 5 team has to do with their conf schedule) to be eligible for playoff consideration

It's essentially the same thing as expanding the playoff except it moves the importance of those playoff games to the regular season rather than ignoring the problem and just adding games at the end